Social integration and suicide in South Korea

B C Ben Park; David Lester

doi:10.1027/0227-5910.27.1.48

Social integration and suicide in South Korea

Crisis. 2006;27(1):48-50. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910.27.1.48.

Authors

B C Ben Park¹, David Lester

Affiliation

¹ Pennsylvania State University, DuBois, PA, USA.

PMID: 16642916
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.27.1.48

Abstract

The increasing suicide rate in South Korea in recent decades was found to be associated with measures of social integration/regulation (birth and divorce rates).

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Child
Female
Humans
Korea / epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Social Behavior*
Social Support*
Suicide / psychology
Suicide / statistics & numerical data*